VCIT News and Press, Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF From 02/14/23

Summary Following the US Federal Reserve’s (Fed’s) series of aggressive interest-rate hikes, inflationary pressures have shown signs of easing. We believe this may pave the way for a “pivot to a pause” in monetary policy. The impact of tightening financial co...

Summary Changes in the bond market reflect changes in interest rates, inflation expectations, and overall economic conditions, all of which have a significant impact on the stock market. This week, we saw a bit of a dislocation in the bond/stock market relationship. Corporate bonds and ...

Summary I recently revealed that, due to my cautious outlook for 2023, I hold almost 25% cash in my personal portfolio. In line with that belief, I have an interest in investments that may offer a nice risk/reward balance in the present environment. VGIT appears to fit that bill. In...

Summary After taking a beating last year, US fixed income securities have clawed back some of the losses so far in 2023, based on a set of ETFs through Feb. 9. Deciding if TLT and bonds generally can continue to recover is tricky in the wake of renewed comments from Fed officials, who a...

Summary People are looking here and there for clues but they aren’t grasping what the Fed is actually doing to either the state of the nation or to both the bond and equity markets. The Fed’s relentless pursuit to lower our rate of inflation is having a quite severe effect...

Summary Expert recommendations for choosing among the myriad of Vanguard ETFs may prove to be a valuable resource to investors, even if not all of them will prove right. I present such recommendations made by highly knowledgeable sources, along with my own recommendations and the reason...

Summary Markets posted strong gains in January, but will it last? Impact of China's reopening on global markets. Is this the year for a rebound in fixed income? Global markets have had a positive start to the year. But the year ahead likely won’t be withou...

Summary HNDL has a balanced equity and fixed income investments portfolio, and has a pre-fixed target rate of payouts, sustainability of which is questionable. During the past six months, all of HNDL’s fixed income ETFs failed to generate positive price growth. Price returns of i...

Summary We see central banks stumbling into a more nuanced phase of the inflation fight and nearing a pause on hikes. We like short-term bonds and credit for income. U.S. stocks rose but trimmed gains and Treasury yields jumped after U.S. jobs data showed a tight labor market, reviving ...

Summary Fisher’s 13F portfolio value increased from ~$133B to ~$148B in Q4 2022. They increased Advanced Micro Devices, Lam Research, and Intuit while decreasing Nvidia, Meta Platforms, PayPal Holdings, and Broadcom. The top three positions are Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon. T...